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9th March 2006 15:08#1

I went to see The Pink Panther last night, not really expecting much out of the movie (after all it was delayed from summer 2005 to February 2006, never a good sign). I went mainly because I had a free coupon to go and I hate to waste those things. I have never seen a comedy without a single ounce of hilarity in it. The only good part was the title sequence with the animated Pink Panther.

9th March 2006 15:41#2

9th March 2006 18:37#3

Hmm, I had the opposite reaction and thought the movie was actually funnier than I expected (which was preparing for the worst). It is a dumb, slapstick comedy, but still funny IMO. BTW, in terms of box office, it was wise to move it anyways as it would've been crushed in the summer. Right now it's on its way to around $80m and having decent legs.

9th March 2006 19:01#4

I woulda walked out on this after 20 minutes had it not been for my going to see it with my girlfriend and her parents who drove us all there. Terrible, terrible movie...the only consulation for of which was that it was a free preview screening and I only wasted my time in seeing it.

9th March 2006 20:53#6

All of the comedy bits were horribly telegraphed. You could tell exactly what was going to happen minutes before it happened. Comedy is as much about timing as anything else, and this one had horrible timing.

No one can argue it isn't doing well at the box office, but you also can't argue that January/February and usually even March are a dumping ground for films the studios don't know what to do with.

10th March 2006 2:36#7

I've seen worse than Steve Martin's career falling. So far this year, Pink Panther and Big Momma's House 2 are leading the box office totals this year. I want to see both films, but it's just funny how these two films get all this hype, and films that were released last year like Chumscrubber and Hustle and Flow get no box office revenue at all. That being, Martin Lawrence's career is falling down slowly.

10th March 2006 3:18#8

Depends on how you interpret the meaning of a 'career falling'...Steve Martin hasn't been funny in several years, and this movie was just another in a long line of duds. I'd say he's far past falling having reached terminal velocity at this point.

10th March 2006 14:14#11

Well he was. Perhaps not to you, but the bloke used to be a comedy genius. The Man with Two Brains and The Jerk are absolutely fantastic, but yeah, he's c**p now. Kind of fits in with Sick Boy's unifying theory of life...

12th March 2006 15:56#17

O.K. Chris, I will admit to one Steve Martin comedy that I still enjoy watching: "Planes, Trains and Automobiles." But mostly because I have great affection for the late John Candy. The comedy films that can actually make me laugh out loud are void of the Martin effect: "There's Something About Mary," "Airplane," "Young Frankenstein," "Blazing Saddles," High Anxiety," "Tommy Boy," "Back To School," the original "Out-of-Towners" "Team America," and "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World."

1st June 2006 16:36#19

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